Comments on: New Case Law – Spousal Support Awards

By: Tulsa Divorce Attorney

Tulsa Divorce Attorney — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:05:00 +0000

It sounds like the Court of Appeals got this one right.

By: C. Sean Stephens

C. Sean Stephens — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:21:35 +0000

Iris,

Spousal support questions can be complicated, and are fact dependent. I suggest you call our office to arrange for a consultation to go over the statutory factors and your particular situation in detail.

By: Iris Renogaw

Iris Renogaw — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:37:54 +0000

Married for 30 years. Husband left and moved in with girlfriend. I’m 2 years from retirement. Husband makes 72k, I make 62K. Plans for retirement now up in the air. May not be able to afford medical insurance. Can I request spousal support to cover medical insurance? Husband was going to work longer so I was depending on his medical to cover me.

By: C. Sean Stephens

C. Sean Stephens — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:38:41 +0000

Dear Kari:

Absent special circumstances, courts expect both parties during and after a divorce divorce to contribute to their own support through work. There is a presumption that everyone can earn at least minimum wage, and the court would expect your friend to try to her abilities to self support. There are a lot of nuances to this, and if your friend has more specific questions, I encourage her to call us.

By: KaHo

KaHo — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:30:19 +0000

A friend of mine is going through a divorce, they have one child (that they will share custody) but she has not worked since the child was born (7 years ago). She is perfectly capable of working, but is choosing not to because she wants him to continue completely supporting her. Will the courts make her look for a job? Will he have to continue paying for everything he does now?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:31:52 +0000

Logan:

You should arrange for a consultation with our office or another lawyer to go over your situation in detail. Generally speaking, support can be modified if there is a substantial unanticipated change in one’s economic circumstances. Your ex going from being unemployed to employed certainly sounds like a change. Moreover, how support is calculated has changed several times since your support order was calculated. While you could pursue your motion administratively through the state, you may have better luck using a lawyer and asking a judge to change the support order.

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:31:39 +0000

After my wife graduated from college we filed for divorce. I have custody of our three childen. She was unmploy at the time so, her child support was based on Oregon minimum wage ($115/mnth).
I paid for medical and dental for the kids. She doesn’t pay anything but the $115.
For over four years, I have ask Oregon Child Support service to modify her support. They wanted me to show burden proof (her check stubs/income tax). I was unable to do that.
She moved to California and have been working for the past four years. Now that she found out that Child Support finally want to modify the support; she quite her job. Is there anything I can do to get her to pay double medical coverage for the kids and modify her child support to reflect her earn income ability.
Thanks

By: S

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:57:45 +0000

I have a friend who recently seperated from her husband due to his drug abuse problems. They have both been unemployed for several months and outside of unemployment income he has been recieving money from an injury awarded him a few years ago.

They have both been using the monthly award money to meet financial needs. Does the spouse have any rights to part of this award? I’ve checked other resources on ORS site but couldn’t identify anything on this issue.

Thanks,
S

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By: JR

JR — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:04:20 +0000

For DoJo,
One more comment. It’s worth at least paying for a consultation with an attorney, it could save you a lot of trouble down the road.